calhau

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal calhau, from Gaulish caljavo or from *caljo (stone).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lhau

Noun

calhau m (plural calhaus)

  1. stone, boulder
  2. (derogatory, informal) idiot
  3. (Brazil) placeholder
  4. (Brazil, journalism) an ad placed to fill space in a newspaper page; filler

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